Foreign Secretary confirm kidnapped British nationals in Democratic Republic of Congo released

By A A warsame On May 14, 2018

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks during a news briefing after a meeting with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and Poland's Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski in Kiev, Ukraine, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

Boris Johnson announces the release of two British nationals in the Democratic Republic of Congo

LONDON, United Kingdom, May 14, 2018–Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said:

“I am delighted to announce that two British nationals who were held hostage in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been released. I pay tribute to the DRC authorities and the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation for their tireless help during this terrible case.

My thoughts are now with the family of Virunga Park ranger Rachel Makissa Baraka who was killed during the kidnapping, and with the injured driver and the released British nationals as they recover from this traumatic incident.”